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1585 ENGRAVING MARTYRDOM SCENE by CAVALIERI Ecclesiae militantis triumphi # 13
1585 ENGRAVING MARTYRDOM SCENE by CAVALIERI Ecclesiae militantis triumphi # 13
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ORIGINAL 16th CENTURY ENGRAVING
by Giovanni Battista de CAVALIERI
Plate 13:
Martyrdom scenes with St Perpetua and St Felicitas being attacked by wild beasts in foreground, the two popes St Victor and St Zephyrinus being beheaded in left background, Sts Leonides and Basilides lying dead in right background, the Virgin of Alexandria (St Catherine?) being covered in hot liquid in central background; letters A-D within composition indicating different scenes
Titled in top margin:
"Firmamentvm est Dominvs timentibvs evm. Psal.24.".
Lettered and numbered '13' in lower margin, with explanatory key in Latin.
the plate from
Ecclesiae militantis triumphi; sive, Deo amabilium martyrum gloriosa pro Christi fide certamina
by NICCOLO CIRCIGNANI
Engraved by Giovanni Battista Cavalieri after frescoes of martyrdom scenes by Circignani in the church of S. Stefano Rotondo in Rome
In the book of Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri, published by Bartolomeo Grassi in 1585 in Rome, the martyrdom scenes in San Stefano Rotondo are reproduced along with their inscriptions, as if they were a catechism for the newly reformed church returning to its Early Christian roots.
The church of San Stefano Rotondo, which has an unusual round shape, is known for its frescoes depicting Christian martyrdom under the Roman empire. The frescoes, painted by a team lead by Niccolò Circignani known as il Pomarancio, show the different means by which Romans tortured early Christian martyrs.
The cycle of martyrs, as it became known, was commissioned by the German-Hungarian College of Jesuits, to which the church belongs, with the specific aim of educating their novices. During their novitiate in Rome (the training period given to decide whether or not to join the Church), trainee priests were isolated from the world to meditate on the life of Christ.
Size 8 1/3 by 11 1/2 (including margins)
Some wear, dampstain visible on the scans.
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